A lot of teams I think were banking on goalies like Smith and Emery hitting FA.

I gotta say I was a little surprised to hear that Smith signed an extension. Loyalty to Sean Burke aside, I would have thought that a guy who is, allegedly, as competitive as he is would want to try and play in a market where the fans were as excited to come to the rink and watch as the players are to play.

Maybe he's got an inside track and knows that the 'Yotes won't be the 'Yotes come September.....

A lot of teams I think were banking on goalies like Smith and Emery hitting FA.

I gotta say I was a little surprised to hear that Smith signed an extension. Loyalty to Sean Burke aside, I would have thought that a guy who is, allegedly, as competitive as he is would want to try and play in a market where the fans were as excited to come to the rink and watch as the players are to play.

Maybe he's got an inside track and knows that the 'Yotes won't be the 'Yotes come September.....

To me it is a guy knowing what he has and staying with it. He is who he is as a goalie because of the success in Phoenix. Why leave that when you know what you have? A lot of players moved onto greener pastures never to have the same success again.